Emerging Technologies

The creation of Airbus' Skywise subsidiary will enable the airframer to help carriers streamline their operations, says Skywise CEO Marc Lemeilleur.

Aviation Week editors covering commercial aviation and space convene to discuss how and why airlines are increasingly offering fast inflight Wi-Fi for free.

Dutch startup Elysian Aircraft has completed the conceptual design review for its planned electric regional aircraft after revising the configuration.

Boston-based Sora Fuel has raised $14.6 million to build a pilot production facility.

Aevex expands with 4,800 UAS orders under the Deep Strike program, fueling growth as Phoenix Ghost deliveries continue in EUCOM area.

Kepplair Evolution preps ATR 72 firefighting prototype, offering lower costs and multi-role flexibility as Europe builds its aerial firefighting fleet.

Aura Aero has secured an additional €340 million ($393 million) of funding, but first flight of its hybrid-electric, 19-seat ERA has been pushed to late 2027.

Coulson Aviation sees potential for 20 Boeing 767 VLATs, offering multi-mission capability.

The regional airframer has envisaged the hybrid-electric ATR EVO since the early 2020s, and after periods of uncertainty, the project is gaining fresh momentum.

Can quantum computing solve one of the intractable problems in aerospace engineering—numerical simulation of the aerodynamics of a full aircraft in cruise flight with all turbulence resolved?

More than any other technological advance, aerospace and defense is banking on automation to help it meet rising product demand across the board.

KULR Technology Group is moving into electric aviation with a pact to provide the battery system for Robinson's eR66 electric light helicopter demonstrator.

Demonstrating quantum CFD; improved hydrogen-electric propulsion; counter-UAS on an eVTOL; and fuel-cell/turbine combination.

NASA shifts focus to flight research as budget cuts reshape aeronautics priorities, emphasizing X-planes, hypersonics and automated airspace systems.

German aerospace research center DLR has released the results of the flight tests conducted with Airbus and CFM International in 2023.

Germany has launched a research program to develop the next generation of hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system components for a zero-emission commercial aircraft.

The agency wants commercial companies to take on a larger role in its Artemis lunar exploration initiative.

As NASA begins X-59 envelope expansion and Boom develops its first high speed engine, civil supersonic activity is at its highest since the retirement of Concorde in 2003. Editors discuss the latest developments and the challenges that lie ahead.

The technique makes it more straightforward to obtain a component with a high-quality surface finish on the aluminum part, in an easily repeatable way.

With a strategic imperative to transition to non-Middle Eastern fuel, the long-term impact of the Iran conflict may be a silver lining for sustainable fuel.

The cockpit warning light that cut short the second flight of NASA’s X-59 low-boom supersonic flight demonstrator on March 20 proved to be a false positive.

The project will develop a compact, low-cost spectrometer that can be deployed across satellites, aircraft, and ground stations.

The agreement between Airbus and Fairmat comes as efforts to recycle more materials from end-of-life aircraft continue.

Europe is likely to have met the 2025 target of 2% of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), according to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

China ran the first ground test of a hydrogen-fueled variant of the AEP100 turboprop, the country’s first megawatt-class hydrogen-powered aerospace engine.